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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Natsuki Kushiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/02 (2006.01); G11C 7/12 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/12 (2013.01); G11C 7/1057 (2013.01); G11C 7/1069 (2013.01); G11C 29/022 (2013.01); G11C 29/023 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an output driver which outputs an output signal to a transmission line, the output driver includes a pre-driver and a main driver. The pre-driver changes the duty ratio of a first drive signal and the duty ratio of a second drive signal to a plurality of patterns in accordance with a control signal. The main driver connects in series a first driver driven by the first drive signal and a second driver driven by the second drive signal. The main driver outputs the output signal to the transmission line from a connection node of the first and second drivers.